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It is not a staunton set, due to the opposite color finials in Bishops, although it is in fact very similar.
The design is from eastern europe with lot of similiarities with russian sets.
It is a modern update of the Dubrovnik set.
To know about the Dubroknik chess set we have this excerpt from wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_chess_set)
"The Dubrovnik chess set has chess pieces of a particular type influenced by the Staunton chess set and used to play the game of chess.These chessmen are considered to have significant historical importance and are a timeless design classic. Over the decades the Dubrovnik chessmen were redesigned several times
1950 Dubrovnik chess set
The 9th Chess Olympiad was organized by the FIDE and the government of Yugoslavia, supported by Josip Broz Tito. The Olympiad was held in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (now called Croatia) between August 20 and September 11, 1950. Chess is a significant part of the culture in Dubrovnik being first documented in 1422. The Olympiad had 84 chess players representing 16 nations who played a total of 480 games. The Yugoslav team won the gold medal, Argentina silver and West Germany bronze.
In 1949 the Olympiad management requisitioned a new style of chessmen. Painter and sculptor P. Pocek was contracted to design the Olympiad chessmen. The pieces were made in an unknown workshop in Subotica, Yugoslavia.
The 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed without religious symbols. The pieces were sensibly designed for play with wide bases requiring a minimum of 55 millimetre chessboard squares. They had green felted sliders and were not weighted. The chess box was felted with a metallic badge on the inside of the box with the inscription "IX. šah olimpijada Dubrovnik, Jugoslavija.". The box was unusually large, featuring 60 mm squares. Approximately 50 chess sets were made with original sets being very rare if not impossible to locate or buy.
In a radio interview Bobby Fischer stated: "This [1950 Dubrovnik chess set] is the best set I have ever played on. It is marvellous."Fischer owned a 1950 Dubrovnik chess set that he kept in a safe, which was subsequently sold by a storage company to pay for an outstanding storage bill. A chess collector provided a chess set after Fischer requested it for the 1992 Fischer–Spassky rematch held at Sveti Stefan."
Bobby Fischer with his Dubrovnik chess set
An original Dubrovnik 1950.
Variants
The Dubrovnik has influenced the creation of several chess set variants with a variety of names, including but not limited to, Zagreb and Yugoslavia. These variant chess sets often have opposite coloured finials on the kings and queens, while the original Dubrovnik had opposite coloured finials for the bishops. In addition, the chess sets utilize different specifications from the Dubrovnik.
In the 1960s a redesigned version by Andrija Maurovic, a famous Yugoslav cartoonist, writer and chess player was created and produced in the workshop of master craftsman Jakopovic in Zagreb. Bobby Fischer was often filmed and photographed with his own 1970 Dubrovnik chess set that was later stolen. The most obvious changes in design can be observed in the knights with simplified carving and the queens had only five cuts in the crown as opposed to original eleven.
Due to the continuing popularity of the 1950 Dubrovnik chess sets, the replica plastic versions of the chess sets are the most popular in Eastern Europe, even though they are of low quality."
The noj reproduction 1970 is nearly an exact copy.
A wonderful and original Dubrovnik 1972.
About this "modern" Dubrovnik set.
It can be seen in Croatia and Slovenia. It has some resemblances with the original one, but it is far. The carving is poorer and the set is oriented to everyday play. The set is very sturdy and playable.
It seems there is only a major manufacturer for this set in Balkans countries; Kasa comerc (Caissa Commerce).
There is an interesting interview to the man who made them: Dusan Sekulic.
This man is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade and a former journalist, after finishing the economy degree and several works and company changes, he merged the profession and his hobby in their own family business: "Kasa commerce".
He even try the chess as professional, but finally he develop his passion creating a chess bussiness.
Photos: Telegraph. Wooden figures can last ... chess is bought once or twice in life - explains Sekulic
The main consumers of these sets are chess clubs, schools or any place to organize and play chess.
There is an internet interview to this man
He also reveals what wood is the best:
"For the pieces, it must be used exclusively hard wood. I have been using hornbeam for years. I tried the maple, beech, walnut ...
But it turned out that the hardwood was the best and most rewarding.
we need faster blunt knives, but it has a nice and smooth processing is when it comes out of the machine, so it does not have too much for sandpaper."
Bought in 2014 in Chess Muba (Slovenia)
Hornbeam wood.
This set has a king of 87mm-34mm and a pawn of 50mm-26mm. It suits best in 50mm chessboards.
Sources:
https://uk.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/dubrovnik-state-of-the-art-and-heritage
A. Tanaskovic / Telegraph, Photos: Telegraph
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